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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/objects/54117718-0084-4d45-b3c2-3f6ea17eafff">PublicLewdness (publiclewdness@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 20:47:03 JST</a><a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/users/PublicLewdness" title="publiclewdness@freespeechextremist.com"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/7981-48-20220831122725.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="PublicLewdness" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">PublicLewdness</a></section><article>FOSS firmware/BIOS updater "Fwupd" has been updated to version 1.9.6. This update fixes eleven bugs; adds support for eight new devices; and more. Fwupd is a piece of software that works with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service to give an easy way to update firmware and BIOS for various devices. The firmware and BIOS that the vendors offer isn't always FOSS but Fwupd itself is. The code is licensed using LGPLv2.1. Fwupd can be downloaded through various Linux distros as well as through Flathub as a flatpak. <br><br><br><br>The main website for the project is:<br><br><a href="https://fwupd.org/">https://fwupd.org/</a><br><br><br><br>The source code is hosted on Github:<br><br><a href="https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd">https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd</a><br><br><br><br>The release notes for this update can be found here:<br><br><a href="https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.9.6">https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.9.6</a><br><br><br><br>If you wish to donate to the project you can donate to LVFS through Liberapay:<br><br><a href="https://liberapay.com/LVFS/">https://liberapay.com/LVFS/</a><br><br><br><a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/tag/foss" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/tag/fwupd" rel="tag">#fwupd</a> <a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/tag/lvfs" rel="tag">#lvfs</a> <a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/tag/github" rel="tag">#github</a> <a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/tag/linux" rel="tag">#linux</a></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2164878#notice-4251196">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-10-10T20:47:03+09:00" title="Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 20:47:03 JST">Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 20:47:03 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/objects/54117718-0084-4d45-b3c2-3f6ea17eafff" rel="external" title="Sent from freespeechextremist.com via ActivityPub">freespeechextremist.com</a></span></span><a href="https://freespeechextremist.com/objects/54117718-0084-4d45-b3c2-3f6ea17eafff">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.fwupd.org</div><h5><a href="https://fwupd.org/">LVFS: Home</a></h5><div></div></header><div></div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: opengraph.githubassets.com</div><h5><a href="https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd">GitHub - fwupd/fwupd: A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware</a></h5><div></div></header><div>A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - GitHub - fwupd/fwupd: A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: opengraph.githubassets.com</div><h5><a href="https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.9.6">Release 1.9.6 · fwupd/fwupd</a></h5><div> from <span>hughsient</span></div></header><div>This release adds the following features:Add a launchd agent for macOS
Add a new security attribute for BIOS capsule updates to be enabled
Add functionality to fix specific host security attribut...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: seccdn.libravatar.org</div><h5><a href="https://liberapay.com/LVFS/">LVFS's profile - Liberapay</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The Linux Vendor Firmware Service is a cross-distribution collaborative initiative to install firmware securely on many different device types using shared infrastructure. On …</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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FOSS firmware/BIOS updater "Fwupd" has been updated to version 1.9.6. This update fixes eleven bugs; adds support for eight new devices; and more. Fwupd is a piece of software that works with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service to give an easy way to update firmware and BIOS for various devices. The firmware and BIOS that the vendors offer isn't always FOSS but Fwupd itself is. The code is licensed using LGPLv2.1. Fwupd can be downloaded through various Linux distros as well as through Flathub as a flatpak.

The main website for the project is:

https://fwupd.org/

The source code is hosted on Github:

https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd

The release notes for this update can be found here:

https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/releases/tag/1.9.6

If you wish to donate to the project you can donate to LVFS through Liberapay:

https://liberapay.com/LVFS/

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1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.fwupd.org
  LVFS: Home
2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: opengraph.githubassets.com
  GitHub - fwupd/fwupd: A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware
  A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - GitHub - fwupd/fwupd: A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware
3. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: opengraph.githubassets.com
  Release 1.9.6 · fwupd/fwupd
  from hughsient
  This release adds the following features: Add a launchd agent for macOS Add a new security attribute for BIOS capsule updates to be enabled Add functionality to fix specific host security attribut...
4. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: seccdn.libravatar.org
  LVFS's profile - Liberapay
  The Linux Vendor Firmware Service is a cross-distribution collaborative initiative to install firmware securely on many different device types using shared infrastructure. On …